[4] He also has a GradCert in theology, he is a Fellow of the Australian College of Educational Leadership (vic), and was awarded an honorary Doctorate by Griffith University in 2016.
He was assistant senior resident master (1980 to 1982) and head of history (1988 to 1989) at Prince Alfred College, Adelaide and during this time spent a year at Felsted School in Essex, England.
While at Trinity he was interviewed by The Sunday Age in an article on corporal punishment and discussed the changes in attitudes in independent boys schools since the 1960s, having experienced them first-hand as a student and teacher.
A year later, Microsoft had released Office to schools worldwide and made a film about Trinity's ideas for integrating technology with education.
As Knox's sixth headmaster, he is credited for "bringing the School into the 21st century with an innovative program of technology and computer-based learning.
During his time at St Hilda's they became one of the first schools in the world to adopt the iPad as a teaching and learning device.